NolaStat in the news, 1/15/2009

WWLTV Eyewitness News reporter Scott Satchfield filed this story on an open records reform proposal given to the New Orleans City Council Governmental Affairs Committee by Brian Denzer on January 15th, 2009.

NolaStat is a list of policy reforms utilizing open records to foster greater government transparency, to improve the efficiency and quality of government service, to support Katrina recovery, to raise public safety awareness, and to stimulate citizen participation in improving the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

The NolaStat process policy recommendation attempts to replicate the positive success of the CapStat reforms implemented in Washington, D.C. under the leadership of Mayor Adrian Fenty, CTO Vivek Kundra, and CapStat director Kevin Donahue.

President Barack Obama has found inspiration in the D.C. CapStat process as an example to follow in creating a open records policy for federal records.

The full NolaStat presentation notes are available on the New Orleans Citizen Crime Watch blog:

http://citizencrimewatch.org/blog/2009/01/22/nolastat-presentation-revision/

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• government transparency
• capstat
• public records
• new orleans
• Barack Obama
• city council
• kevin donahue
• vivek kundra
• apps for democracy
• open society institute
• katrina recovery
• crime mapping